Appeal 2007-0326
Application 09/746,888
as directed to a non-elected invention (Br. 1; Final Office Action dated Nov.
1, 2002, 1). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 6.
According to Appellants, the invention is directed to an absorbent
article including an outer cover, a liquid permeable bodyside liner that
defines a bodyfacing surface and is connected in superposed relation to the
outer cover, an absorbent body located between the bodyside liner and the
outer cover, and a specified composition on at least a portion of the
bodyfacing surface of the bodyside liner (Br. 2). Further details of the
invention may be ascertained from illustrative independent claim 1 as
reproduced below:
1. An absorbent article comprising:
(a) an outer cover;
(b) a liquid permeable bodyside liner that defines a bodyfacing
surface and that is connected in superposed relation to the outer
cover;
(c) an absorbent body that is located between the bodyside liner
and the outer cover; and
(d) a composition on at least a portion of the bodyfacing surface
of the bodyside liner that includes from about 10 to about 90
weight percent of a hydrophilic solvent, from about 5 to about
90 percent by weight of a high molecular weight polyethylene
glycol, from about 0 to about 40 percent by weight of a C14 to
C30 fatty alcohol, from about 0 to about 40 percent by weight of
a C14 to C30 fatty acid and from about 0.1 to about 10 percent by
weight of extracted botanical active.
Appellants state that the claims do not stand or fall together and list
two groups of claims for each issue (Br. 7). To the extent Appellants have
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